What motivates open defecation? A qualitative study from a rural setting in Nepal

• Navin Bhatt ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Navin Bhatt, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Bayalpata Hospital (Nyaya Health Nepal / Possible), Achham, Nepal

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Shyam Sundar Budhathoki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Navin Bhatt, Shyam Sundar Budhathoki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ss.budhathoki@gmail.com

  Current address: Golden Community, Lalitpur, Nepal

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8614-1087

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• Don Eliseo III Lucero-Prisno,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, University of the Philippines Open University, Laguna, Philippines

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-6365

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• Gambhir Shrestha,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-9804

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• Meika Bhattachan,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Jeevan Thapa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Avinash K. Sunny,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Golden Community, Lalitpur, Nepal

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9965-181X

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• Pawan Upadhyaya,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Anup Ghimire,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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• Paras K. Pokharel

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

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